Catalogue entry

Like the other works grouped here, this relates to the arrival of Louis-Philippe, King of the French, at Portsmouth Harbour on 8 October 1844, as discussed in the Introductions to this subsection and the overall section.1 Here, small sailing boats pass larger vessels, with bunting apparent in the distance towards the right; for other examples see the subsection’s Introduction.

Blank; inscribed in ink ‘3’ bottom left, upside down (for other sheets numbered in this way see the Introduction to this subsection); inscribed in pencil ‘ccclxiv’ bottom right; stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram over ‘CCCLXIV – 108’ towards bottom right.